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Strategic Partnerships for school education 2019-1-PL01-KA201-065137
Project: Teacher4.0 - comprehensive method of implementation of Industry 4.0
concept into didactic practice in primary and secondary schools

resources, which can be provided and delivered quickly, with minimal management effort or
interaction with service provider. "

Let's try to define it simply. Cloud Computing provides users with an efficient way to access, work,
share, and store information and / or applications that use the Internet, rather than saving or
installing them on a computer. In essence, the data is stored on web servers owned by a third party.
Through their servers, companies provide users with storage, databases, networks, software,
analytics and more. In fact, companies like Amazon, Google and Microsoft have invested a lot of
money in creating their own clouds. This investment can be seen in the recent ranking provided by
Forbes, which highlighted the top 5 cloud computing providers. Currently, the main companies are:

Microsoft

Amazon (AWS)

IBM

Salesforce
SAP

There are also third-party tools to provide extensive data management capabilities in addition to
those offered by the cloud provider, such as NetApp's AWS storage solution.

Why do we mention these companies? This is because Enterprise Cloud Computing is another term
when we talk about Cloud Computing. In general terms, Enterprise Cloud Computing is a computing
environment that provides software (SaaS), infrastructure (IaaS), and platform services (PaaS) to an
organization. Some of the main advantages of purchasing these services are:

Faster provision of information technology services and resources

Infrastructure costs and lower operating costs

Safer IT environment

People regularly use Cloud Computing without even noticing them. As users, people do not need
knowledge about the technology behind this internet-based technology. They can simply access the
information from anywhere and anytime and share resources with a lot of users.

Cloud Computing can be applied in different areas and domains. Because Education is our area of
interest, we will focus on using Cloud Computing for teaching.

Benefits of Cloud Computing for students and teachers
• New innovative methods for teaching and learning.
• Fast access to the class material.

This project has been funded with support from the European
Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the
author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any
use which may be made of the information contained therein.